[compost_tea] Re: brewing native microbes

From: dkemnitz2000 <dkemnitz2000_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 00:31:36 -0000

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Hello Clay,
Great questions Clay. I think you'll get some answers here. If you
don't I'd say go for it, documenting what you do using a tea maker
and your native microbes from your forest. Dennis Kemnitz





 In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, clay <clayc_at_w...> wrote:
> hi group
>
> i live in western australia where a lot of our native
forests/woodlands are
> being cleared. In a documentary i recently watched on this subject,
a
> biologist stated that many of our native plants have relationships
with
> native microbes in the soil that enable nutrient absorbtion etc.
>
> When areas are cleared, all of these microbes are removed in the
top few cm,
> im assuming.
>
> so a few questions
>
> is it possible to brew native microbes to spray on reveg projects,
so we are
> not just planting trees but also kicking it along biologically?
>
> Are these native microbes represented within the large diversity of
normal
> compost tea?
>
> would i need a different compost starter?
>
> or would this just be a waste of time because when we revegetate,
do the
> microbes just come back?
>
> the biologist seemed to be saying that they would be lost.
>
>
> Clayton Chipper
>
> East Perth City Farm
> Australia
> ph. 089 325 7229
> Fax. 089 325 7210


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